About this season
MonsterVision is an American variety series that aired on TNT from March 1, 1993 to September 2000. The series was hosted by Joe Bob Briggs from 1995 to 2000, and featured classic B and cult films from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Penn and Teller guest-hosted MonsterVision marathons before Briggs came on board as the full-time host. Late in its run, the show changed formats, discarded "Last Call," and became Joe Bob's Hollywood Saturday Night and Monstervision.
Episodes (40)
1. The Fly (1986)
Aired 3 January 1997 • 85 min
A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
2. Teen Wolf (1986)
Scott plays hoops for a local high school basketball team before turning into a wolf.
4. Burnt Offerings
Aired 7 March 1997
6. Theatre of Blood (1973)
Aired 17 January 1997
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
8. When Time Ran Out... (1980)
Aired 24 January 1997 • 121 min
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
11. Deadly Friend (1986)
Aired 26 January 1997
After his friend is killed by her abusive father, the new kid in town attempts to save her by implanting a robotic microchip into her brain.
17. Saturn 3 (1980)
Aired 14 February 1997 • 107 min
A madman (Harvey Keitel) and his shiny robot chase a May-December couple (Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas) doing food research on Saturn's third moon.
19. From Beyond (1986)
Aired 21 February 1997 • 100 min
A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.
20. Shaft (1971)
Aired 21 February 1997 • 120 min
A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
21. CyberTracker (1994)
Aired 28 February 1997 • 115 min
Eric is a secret agent currently working as a security guard for senator Dilly. The senator is the main advocate for a new kind of police officer: the Tracker, a perfect and nearly invulnerable android. When Eric realizes that senator Dilly is playing dirty games, he does not only have Dilly's security chief Ross after him, but also those nearly undefeatable Trackers.
31. Predator (1987)
Aired 4 April 1997 • 131 min
A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
32. Slaughter High (1986)
Aired 4 April 1997 • 110 min
An April Fools' prank returns to haunt Doddsville High's alumni when they attend a reunion at their abandoned school.
33. Man's Best Friend (1993)
Aired 11 April 1997
A genetically engineered dog escapes from the science facility where it was created. A family takes it in unaware of its deadly instincts which soon emerge. The scientist who created the dog tries to find it before its too late.
34. China Girl (1987)
Aired 11 April 1997 • 102 min
When Tony and Tyan-Hwa fall in love, they tip the balance of power in New York's Little Italy and Chinatown. The forbidden romance between an Italian boy and a Chinese girl starts a tragic conflict between ethnic gangs.
38. She (1984)
Aired 2 May 1997 • 123 min
In a post-apocalyptic America, She, a fierce warrior who leads a women's cult, teams up with two brothers searching for their kidnapped sister. They come across weird cults before standing against the odds to defeat the evil Norks.
43. Soylent Green (1973)
Aired 23 May 1997
A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.
46. Alien (1979)
Aired 7 June 1997 • 138 min
After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.
47. It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
Aired 26 December 1997 • 87 min
In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue mission arrives, there is only one survivor: the leader, Col. Edward Carruthers, who appears to have murdered the others! According to Carruthers, an unknown life form killed his comrades during a sandstorm. But the skeptical rescuers little suspect that "it" has stowed away for the voyage back to Earth...
55. Megaforce (1982)
Aired 5 July 1997 • 115 min
When the country of sardun need help defending itself from its neighbor country, it seeks out the super secret millitary team megaforce. When the team deploys and defeats the enemy's army they discover they did too good of a job, and now they could start a war.
56. Warrior of the Lost World (1983)
Aired 5 July 1997 • 104 min
A nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega.
57. Time Runner (1993)
Aired 12 July 1997 • 105 min
During the unstoppable alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992 in hope of changing the future. But attempt after attempt is made by someone there to catch and kill him.
58. The Protector (1985)
Aired 12 July 1997 • 113 min
Two New York City cops, Billy Wong and Danny Garoni, head to Hong Kong after the daughter of a rich businessman is kidnapped by the drug lord, Mr. Ko.
61. Skeeter (1993)
Aired 26 July 1997 • 112 min
As the result of a corrupt businessman's illegal toxic waste dumping, a small desert town is beset by a deadly swarm of huge bloodthirsty mutant mosquitoes!
62. Endangered Species (1982)
Aired 26 July 1997 • 111 min
About a retired New York cop on Vacation in America's West who is drawn into a female sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.
65. When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
Aired 9 August 1997 • 121 min
Sanna escapes being sacrificed and meets Tara. Together, they live in a seaside tribe that worships the Sun God and survive the dangers of the creatures from the Mesozoic Era.
66. Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
Aired 23 August 1997 • 106 min
Curious kids unearth the barrels that previously helped revive the dead, which proves the second time's an undead charm.
71. Sleepstalker (1995)
Aired 6 September 1997 • 118 min
A serial killer known as "The Sandman" is resurrected by a voodoo priest into a body made of sand. To keep his new body, he must track down and kill the one victim who escaped him seventeen years before.
72. Philadelphia Experiment II (1993)
Aired 6 September 1997
In the sci-fi thriller The Philadelphia Experiment the sole survivor of a wartime experiment is catapulted 41 years into the future and must race to save the world as we know it. It's now 10 years later--1993.
73. Alien 3 (1992)
Aired 13 September 1997 • 163 min
Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
74. Barbarella (1968)
Aired 13 September 1997 • 117 min
In the 41st century, an astronaut partakes in sexy misadventures while seeking to stop an evil scientist who threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.
75. Steel Dawn (1987)
Aired 20 September 1997
In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by the leader of a murderous gang who's after the water they control.
77. Ghoulies (1985)
Aired 27 September 1997 • 95 min
A young man and his girlfriend move into an old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a desire to control ancient demons.
78. The Birds (1963)
Aired 27 September 1997 • 142 min
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
79. Troll (1986)
Aired 4 October 1997 • 98 min
A wicked troll king in search of a mystical ring that will transform him to human form invades a San Francisco apartment complex where a powerful witch lives.
80. Trancers (1985)
Aired 4 October 1997 • 89 min
A gruff bounty hunter travels back in time to 1980s Los Angeles to stop a twisted criminal who can transform people into zombie-like creatures.
81. Child's Play (1988)
Aired 11 October 1997 • 102 min
A dying serial killer transfers his consciousness into a popular kids doll using voodoo. A struggling single mother gifts her six-year-old son the much sought-after doll for his birthday, and the doll slowly begins to show its true colors.
84. Theodore Rex (1996)
Aired 18 October 1997 • 98 min
In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals leading them to a mad scientist bent on creating a new Armageddon.
91. Capricorn One (1978)
Aired 15 November 1997 • 148 min
When the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched.
98. Cocoon (1985)
Aired 13 December 1997 • 137 min
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
99. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
Aired 20 December 1997 • 118 min
After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives and embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at Camp Crystal Lake.